I would recommend to go see a therapist. Seriously. Preferably one that is familiar with gender issues.

I'm not saying that you have a gender issue. The reason is that many therapists that don't work with gender patients will immediately consider you to be one, and you don't really need to be ...

I had pretty much the same thing happen to me. However, I had read about this happening, and I was prepared for it. Two and a half weeks postop, and the only mass in the scrotum is just a lump where the stitches are.

Erica Ann,

I just read your story to date,and all I can say is... Wow! I bet every TS sees themself in at least part of your story. You should take what amounts to being your "blog" in this thread and turn it into a real book.

Your youngest son and my mother are similar. I never had to "come out ...

Hi, I've been recently diagnosed with diabetes, as well as two types of kidney stones. If I follow all the dietary restriction giudelines I've been given in the last month, all I'd get to eat is 3 ounces of boiled chicken breast (and then would probably have to drink the water afterward).

The ...

I've had testicular pain on both sides for the past six years, ever since a failed Burdizzo attempt. (Sprung clamp.) The pain is sometimes severe, frequently mild, but always present.

After much hoop jumping and therapist visits, they will be gone next month.

Finally, relief!